An Unconventional Remembrance of 9-11

Today is the 20th anniversary of 9-11. To those of us old enough to remember, it means memorials, and a vow never to forget.

It also means that the generation graduating from high school this year and heading off into the world -- to the job market, to college, and some to the military -- were not even born when the event occurred and will never understand the shock of that day -- just as my generation will never understand the shock of the Kennedy assassination.

We vow never to forget, but forgetting is inevitable as one generation replaces the next.  We should teach our memories to the younger generation.  But it is unfair to expect the younger generation to feel the same emotional resonance that we fee.